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On augmented superfield approach to vector Schwinger model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-11-16 v2

Abstract

We exploit the techniques of Bonora-Tonin superfield formalism to derive the off-shell nilpotent and absolutely anticommuting (anti-)BRST as well as (anti-)co-BRST symmetry transformations for the (1+1)-dimensional (2D) bosonized vector Schwinger model. In the derivation of above symmetries, we invoke the (dual)-horizontality conditions as well as gauge and (anti-)co-BRST invariant restrictions on the superfields that are defined onto the (2, 2)-dimensional supermanifold. We provide geometrical interpretation of the above nilpotent symmetries (and their corresponding charges). We also express the nilpotency and absolute anticommutativity of the (anti-)BRST and (anti-)co-BRST charges within the framework of augmented superfield formalism.

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@article{arxiv.1608.01613,
  title  = {On augmented superfield approach to vector Schwinger model},
  author = {Saurabh Gupta and R. Kumar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.01613},
  year   = {2016}
}

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LaTeX file, 14 pages, no figures, version to appear in IJMPA

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